Stress Reduction


Treating Low Back Pain with Acupuncture Treating Low Back Pain with Acupuncture

How to keep low back pain from getting in the way of your summer fun.


Getting rid of PMS Getting rid of PMS

Many women dread the last week of every cycle because of how irritable and miserable they feel. Chinese medicine has been treating premenstrual symptoms for thousands of years and here at the YinOva Center we have drawn on this traditional wisdom to help modern New Yorkers address their PMS simply and effectively. Many of our patients are surprised and thrilled to find out that PMS can be solved and that they don’t have to put up with feeling moody and uncomfortable every month.


Stress & Anxiety… Stress & Anxiety...

The credit crunch, the bail-out, the war, the presidential election…it seems like a good week to talk about stress and anxiety!


How to Meditate How to Meditate

Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10)
“We practice meditation in order to see ourselves as we truly are and life as it truly is.” ( Genpo Roshi)
“Meditation brings wisdom: lack of meditation leaves ignorance. (Buddha)
There is a reason that all religious traditions involve some kind of meditation, prayer or silent contemplation. [...]


5 Healthy Ways to Start Your Day 5 Healthy Ways to Start Your Day

I have an admission to make…
At the YinOva Center we are not paragons of virtue. Patients visiting us for the first time sometimes imagine that we will be scarily macrobiotic women who will pour scorn on their efforts to take care of themselves. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We are all working-women who, [...]